Anne Fishbein View more photos in the "Gold Standard Food + Wine Event" slideshow. The 2009 L.A. Weekly Gold Standard Food and Wine Event was held March 8 at Smashbox Studios in West Hollywood, featuring food from 30 restaurants selected by Jonathan Gold. Check out his cover feature, " The New Cocktailians," about the farmers market-loving, sleeve garter-wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time.
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Anne Fishbein View more photos in the "Gold Standard Food + Wine Event" slideshow. The 2009 L.A. Weekly Gold Standard Food and Wine Event was held March 8 at Smashbox Studios in West Hollywood, featuring food from 30 restaurants selected by Jonathan Gold. Check out his cover feature, " The New Cocktailians," about the farmers market-loving, sleeve garter-wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time.
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Colin Young-Wolff View more photos in the "Shopping Cart Pub Crawl: Los Angeles Urban Iditarod" slideshow. On March 7 L.A. welcomed the 3rd annual Urban Iditarod, a pub crawl inspired by the Alaskan dog sled race that features teams of costumed 'mushers' who decorate their shopping carts (sleds) and brave traffic, pedestrians and police down a secret course before finishing at the Venice dog park. Creativity and personality were encouraged.
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Colin Young-Wolff View more photos in the "Shopping Cart Pub Crawl: Los Angeles Urban Iditarod" slideshow. On March 7 L.A. welcomed the 3rd annual Urban Iditarod, a pub crawl inspired by the Alaskan dog sled race that features teams of costumed 'mushers' who decorate their shopping carts (sleds) and brave traffic, pedestrians and police down a secret course before finishing at the Venice dog park. Creativity and personality were encouraged.
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courtesy of Mashable.com and Wm. Marc Salsberry, @wmmarc View more photos in the "SXSW Games and Girls: ScreenBurn Arcade, Facebook Party, RVIP Lounge" slideshow. It wouldn't be SXSW Interactive without a sneak peak at awesome new games and the chance to party with the ladies of tech, PR and social media. L.A. Weekly hit up the ScreenBurn Arcade Hall at the convention center, Facebook party at Pangaea, and traveling karaoke cabaret on wheels, the RVIP Lounge. Additional photos courtesy of Mashable.com and Wm. Marc Salsberry, @wmmarc.
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